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Originally published Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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UW Women's Basketball | Huskies women fall to Weber State, 77-66

After just two games, it's not yet time for the Washington women's basketball team to hit the panic button, but it might be time for some...

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OGDEN, Utah — After just two games, it's not yet time for the Washington women's basketball team to hit the panic button, but it might be time for some concern.

Redshirt sophomore forward Caitlin Anderson scored 22 points and pulled down 10 rebounds on Wednesday night to lead Weber State to a 77-66 women's basketball victory over the Huskies (0-2) at the Dee Events Center.

"Give credit to Weber State; they played hard," Washington coach Tia Jackson said. "We had some bright spots, things that we can build off of."

What makes the loss worse for UW is that Weber State (1-1) was coming off a season-opening 96-47 loss to Nebraska.

Junior forward/center Laura McLellan was one of the few bright spots for the Huskies.

McLellan saw just three minutes of court time in the first half after being saddled with two early fouls, but scored all of her career-high 17 points in the second half. She hit 7 of 11 shots from the field and collected six rebounds after the break, nearly single-handedly keeping Washington within striking distance.

It was the second straight game that McLellan had a career-high scoring night after getting 16 in the 64-59 season-opening loss to Gonzaga.

"We need to work on our defensive rebounding," McLellan said. "That's something that has hurt us."

Washington outrebounded Weber State 44-43, but the Wildcats came up with big rebounds at critical points. Weber State scored 20 second-chance points off their 15 offensive rebounds. Washington's only lead came after Heidi McNeill's free throws put the Huskies up 5-4. Weber State responded with a pair of free throws and back-to-back three-pointers to take a 12-5 lead and they never looked back.

McNeill, a senior forward, was another of the Huskies' bright spots as she notched her first career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

The not-so-bright spot for Washington was its dismal 10-of-34 shooting in the first half.

"We moved Caitlin Anderson to [power forward] because we wanted to go with a smaller lineup," Weber State coach Carla Taylor said. "We wanted someone that could post up or shoot from the perimeter to try and create a mismatch."

Anderson, who normally plays small forward, had 11 in each half.

WASHINGTON 0-2
min fgm-a ftm-a or-t a pf pts
McNeill 33 3-6 5-6 8-12 1 0 11
Whitcomb 27 3-13 2-3 1-3 1 1 8
McLellan 19 7-12 3-3 2-6 2 3 17
Kingma 24 0-11 4-6 1-2 0 3 4
Morton 25 3-5 2-2 1-3 2 1 8
Romeo 10 1-3 1-2 0-0 2 1 4
Augustavo 11 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 1 2
Rozier 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Barlow 7 2-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 4
Argens 8 1-2 0-1 0-2 0 4 2
Williams 16 1-4 0-0 3-7 0 2 2
Mosiman 17 2-5 0-1 3-3 3 3 4
200 24-68 17-24 20-44 11 20 66
Percentages: FG .353, FT .708. Three-point goals: 1-15, (Whitcomb 0-4, Kingma 0-4, Morton 0-2, Romeo 1-2, Augustavo 0-2, Mosiman 0-1). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 1, (Mosiman). Turnovers: 16, (McNeill 4, McLellan, Morton 4, Romeo, Augustavo, Barlow, Argens, Williams, Mosiman 2). Steals: 11, (Whitcomb 3, McLellan, Kingma 2, Rozier 2, Barlow, Argens 2).
WEBER STATE 1-1
min fgm-a ftm-a or-t a pf pts
Anderson 28 9-15 2-2 4-10 1 2 22
Al.Thorderson 19 2-10 2-2 3-5 0 4 8
O'Neill 19 1-2 2-6 2-6 1 3 4
Ab.Thorderson 11 0-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0
Schnibbe 37 4-13 7-8 0-4 8 2 16
Conner 30 6-9 4-7 1-6 3 3 18
Mohre 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Smith 4 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Weight 21 2-2 0-0 1-2 0 1 4
Roberson 21 1-4 2-2 1-6 3 2 5
200 25-60 19-27 15-43 18 18 77
Percentages: FG .417, FT .704. Three-point goals: 8-25, (Anderson 2-3, Al.Thorderson 2-8, Ab.Thorderson 0-4, Schnibbe 1-3, Conner 2-4, Roberson 1-3). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 0. Turnovers: 20, (Anderson 2, Al.Thorderson 2, Ab.Thorderson 2, Schnibbe 4, Conner 3, Mohre 2, Weight, Roberson 3). Steals: 6, (Anderson, Ab.Thorderson 2, Schnibbe, Conner, Roberson).
Washington 32 34 66
Weber State 40 37 77

Attendance: 377. Officials: Bob Scofield, Michelle Russi, Kyle Bacon. Technical fouls: None.

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Not only did Weber State get slaughtered by Nebraska, they also lost to NAIA Div. II College of Idaho in an exhibition game earlier this year. The...  Posted on November 20, 2008 at 7:49 AM by Eag1. Jump to comment
Washington State appreciates you letting one of the best coaches in womens basketball go. The cougs are reaping the benefits now. UW with their...  Posted on November 20, 2008 at 9:07 AM by hotcorner. Jump to comment
Washington appreciates you picking her up and deluding yourselves into thinking she's one of the best coaches in women's basketball. WSU...  Posted on November 20, 2008 at 10:10 AM by bcdawg04. Jump to comment

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